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Discussion in 'Hungary' started by Orycteropus, 8 Jun 2008.

  1. vogelcommando

    vogelcommando Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Wombat born at Budapest Zoo :) !
     
  2. Al

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    Brilliant! Where is the source of this info?
     
  3. Kifaru Bwana

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    That really is excellent news!

    What subspecies do they keep?
     
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    Tasmanian wombat ( Vombatus ursinus tasmaniensis ).
     
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    Are these a pure population in Europe? Did they stem from a specific import or many? Any idea of how many founders?
     
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    Yes they are pure and the founders are 1.1 imported from ZooDoo wildlife park in 2011.
     
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    The first of the Koala's will arrive from Planckendael in January
     
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    Any news of the koalas?
     
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    Orycteropus Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    They are coming soon...
     
  12. Nisha

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    Budapest's first Koala left Planckendael this morning and is expected to arrive shortly :)
     
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    The Koala from Planckendael is the male Nur Nuru Bin.
     
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    No one seems to have remarked yet about the arrival of Earless Monitors (Lanthanotus borneensis) at Budapest. It must be several decades since this species was last seen in a European zoo.
     
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    Great news about the Earless monitors ! Only Frankfurt kept this species before ( in the 1960-ties ). At Frankfurt they proofed to be difficult eaters and first only accepted pieces of Plaice ( other fish was tried but refused ). One specimen changed it appetite after 7 years at Frankfurt, it started to eat earthwurms !
    I guess I'd read somewhere the species was also kept at several American zoos, however not sure about that.
     
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    Just came home from a visit to Budapest, and was told that the Koalas will be on show from 5th of March.
     
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    I'll be visiting later this month, so I'm glad I'll be able to see the koalas.

    Are the earless monitors on public display?
     
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    I don't know - I sent the zoo an email asking about these lizards (in English, since I don't speak Hungarian) but have had no reply.
    As it's a burrowing species, it probably wouldn't make a great public exhibit.
     
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    I just caught up with this news - Bornean earless monitors are brilliant news. Anything further on them? If I am reading Zootierliste correctly they arrived in November last year?